Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Iraq or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 0.7% against 0.1% in Iraq as of 2024.

What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Iraq and United Arab Emirates?

0.6%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and United Arab Emirates?

6 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs United Arab Emirates: Taxes on goods and services

Iraq

0.1%

in 2019

United Arab Emirates

0.7%

in 2024

Iraq rank

154th

United Arab Emirates rank

152nd

Taxes on goods and services over time

Iraq
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.7% against 0.1% in Iraq, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 4.7 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2014 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Iraq ranks 154th and United Arab Emirates ranks 152nd of 154 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Iraq or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.7% against 0.1% in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Iraq and United Arab Emirates?: 0.6%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and United Arab Emirates?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.
How do Iraq and United Arab Emirates rank globally for taxes on goods and services?: Iraq ranks 154th and United Arab Emirates ranks 152nd of 154 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)
Unit: % value added of industry and services
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 154 places, 4,032 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.